Planet Gliese 581g

When you first found us
and looked around
at our oceans
and open plains
full of flying insects
and roaming herds
you saw us chasing them
and we did not run
or ride on beasts…
we soared
like black raindrops
against the sun,
dancing pinpricks
over the earth

One day we looked back at you
and were happy
that you people
would never get to here